Hi Barbara!


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>However, you have to be aware of users who leave an editing screen open when they leave for vacation, edit/read-only has to be VERY carefully controlled, etc. We have a program where the same record may be shown in 15 different forms in various ways. We went with optimistic buffering because we rarely have editing conflicts, but the users want the option to edit available without and EDIT button.
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Good point about the user who leaves in the middle of an edit. And I also hadn't thought about using pessimistic buffering with having an EOD (Edit-on-Demand) as opposed to an EOR (Edit-on-Request) situation.